Senior Buyer

Senior Buyer

U.S. Headquarters - San Jose, CA 95134

Overview

Position Type Full Time Category Purchasing - Procurement

Description

Eugenus, Inc. is seeking an experienced, highly motivated Senior Buyer to support the procurement and strategic sourcing of materials, components, equipment, and services for our next-generation semiconductor capital equipment products.

The Senior Buyer will manage assigned suppliers and commodities throughout the procurement lifecycle, from sourcing and supplier selection through negotiation, purchase order execution, delivery, and supplier performance management. This position will play an important role in ensuring material availability, controlling costs, reducing supply-chain risk, and supporting both New Product Introduction (NPI) and production requirements.

The successful candidate will work closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Planning, Finance, Program Management, and global procurement teams to ensure suppliers meet Eugenus requirements for quality, cost, delivery, technology, and responsiveness.

This position requires a combination of strong purchasing execution, commercial negotiation skills, technical understanding, analytical capability, and proactive supplier management.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Sourcing & Procurement

• Manage the end-to-end procurement process for assigned commodities, materials, equipment, and services supporting R&D, NPI, and Production.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for assigned commodities and suppliers that support business objectives for cost, quality, delivery, and supply continuity.
• Lead RFQ/RFP activities, including supplier identification, quote solicitation, bid analysis, supplier selection, and commercial negotiations.
• Evaluate suppliers based on quality, technical capability, capacity, cost, lead time, responsiveness, financial considerations, and overall supply-chain risk.
• Negotiate pricing and commercial terms, including lead times, minimum order quantities, payment terms, delivery requirements, cancellation/rescheduling provisions, and other applicable terms.
• Identify and implement opportunities for competitive sourcing, dual sourcing, localization, and supplier consolidation where appropriate.
• Evaluate total cost of ownership when making sourcing and supplier-selection decisions.

Purchasing & Material Management

• Manage Purchase Requisition (PR) and Purchase Order (PO) processes supporting R&D and Production.
• Analyze purchase requisitions for accuracy, completeness, specifications, required dates, and appropriate approvals.
• Place and manage purchase orders and provide timely delivery and schedule feedback to internal stakeholders.
• Maintain accurate supplier pricing, lead-time, delivery, and purchasing information within SAP/ERP systems.
• Update product BOMs and purchasing information records with current lead times and pricing.
• Monitor open purchase orders, past-due orders, shortages, and critical material requirements and proactively resolve delivery issues.
• Execute material and trace transactions within the ERP system.
• Maintain accurate delivery schedules in ERP, Material Status reports, and applicable Program Management planning tools.
• Review Clean to Start (CTS) requirements and take appropriate procurement actions to support Engineering Project Plans and Production schedules.

Supplier Management & Performance

• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with key suppliers.
• Establish, monitor, and communicate supplier performance against key metrics, including: On-Time Delivery (OTD), Quality, Cost, Lead time, Responsiveness, Capacity and supply continuity.
• Conduct periodic supplier performance reviews and drive corrective actions when performance does not meet expectations.
• Partner with Quality, Engineering, and Manufacturing to resolve supplier quality issues and support supplier corrective-action activities.
• Work with suppliers to improve delivery performance, reduce lead times, improve quality, and increase overall supply-chain effectiveness.
• Escalate significant supplier performance, capacity, quality, or commercial issues in a timely manner.

Cost Management & Continuous Improvement

• Identify, negotiate, implement, and track cost-reduction and cost-avoidance opportunities.
• Analyze supplier quotes, historical pricing, market conditions, and cost drivers to support fact-based negotiations.
• Support annual and project-specific cost-reduction objectives.
• Identify opportunities to improve procurement processes, supplier performance, inventory efficiency, and purchasing productivity.
• Track and report measurable procurement results, including cost savings, purchase price variance, supplier performance, shortages, and other assigned KPIs.

Supply-Chain Risk Management

• Proactively identify supply-chain risks, including sole-source suppliers, long-lead materials, capacity constraints, supplier financial concerns, geopolitical/logistics exposure, and material shortages.
• Develop and coordinate appropriate mitigation plans in partnership with Engineering, Operations, Quality, and other stakeholders.
• Identify alternate suppliers and second-source opportunities for critical materials.
• Monitor component obsolescence and end-of-life notifications and coordinate alternate-source or redesign activities with Engineering as required.
• Proactively communicate material risks that could impact engineering milestones, production schedules, customer commitments, or company objectives.

Engineering, NPI & Cross-Functional Support

• Review Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) and work with Engineering and Manufacturing to develop appropriate procurement and material-transition plans.
• Support New Product Introduction (NPI) activities from prototype and development through production release.
• Partner with Engineering early in the product-development process to identify sourcing options, supplier capabilities, lead-time risks, and cost opportunities.
• Support make-versus-buy, supplier-selection, and sourcing decisions as required.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Planning, Program Management, Finance, and other functions to ensure material readiness.
• Participate in cross-functional meetings addressing material availability, supplier issues, production readiness, and program schedules.
• Work closely with the Eugenus procurement team in Korea and other global partners to coordinate sourcing and procurement activities.

Inventory & Planning

• Manage assigned Min/Max inventory programs.
• Review forecasts and material requirements and support appropriate inventory and safety-stock strategies.
• Balance material availability requirements against inventory investment and excess/obsolete inventory risk.
• Support consignment programs and other supplier-managed inventory arrangements as applicable.

Work closely with Accounts Payable and suppliers to resolve invoice, pricing, receiving, and Service Order discrepancies.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations, Engineering, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and directly relevant professional experience.
• 58+ years of progressive purchasing, procurement, sourcing, or supply-chain experience, preferably within semiconductor equipment, semiconductor manufacturing, electronics, capital equipment, or another complex engineered-product manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience with supplier sourcing, supplier selection, RFQs, commercial negotiations, and supplier performance management.
• Strong working knowledge of SAP, Material Requirements Planning (MRP), and ERP-based purchasing processes.
• Experience managing technical components, including mechanical and/or electronic components and PCB assemblies.
• Working knowledge of mechanical manufacturing and fabrication processes.
• Ability to read and understand mechanical drawings, technical specifications, BOMs, and engineering documentation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with demonstrated ability to analyze pricing, lead times, inventory, supplier performance, and procurement data.
• Strong negotiation and supplier-management skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including PivotTables, lookup functions, data analysis, and reporting.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities and critical deadlines simultaneously.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and demonstrated ability to work effectively with suppliers and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, technically complex manufacturing environment.

Preferred

• Experience within the semiconductor capital equipment industry.
• Experience supporting New Product Introduction (NPI) and engineering development programs.
• Experience working with domestic and international suppliers, particularly suppliers in Asia.
• Experience with PLM/Teamcenter or similar product lifecycle management systems.
• Production planning or materials planning experience.
• Project management experience.
• Professional supply-chain certification such as CPSM, CPM, CSCP, or equivalent.

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